Definition

1. Noun:
   • Surcharge, additional fee: A supplementary amount of money collected in addition to a main charge or tax.
   • Surtax: An additional tax levied on something already taxed.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Khách sạn này có phụ thu cho mỗi bữa sáng. (This hotel has a surcharge for each breakfast.)
  • Thuế phụ thu đối với hàng xa xỉ đã được áp dụng. (A surtax on luxury goods has been imposed.)
  • Vé máy bay giá rẻ thường đi kèm nhiều khoản phụ thu. (Budget airline tickets often come with many additional fees.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đánh phụ thu": to levy/impose a surcharge.
  • Thành phố đánh phụ thu vào các phương tiện vào giờ cao điểm. (The city levies a surcharge on vehicles during rush hour.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phụ phí (n): Additional fee, extra charge. (Often used interchangeably with 'phụ thu' in some contexts, but 'phụ phí' can imply a broader range of miscellaneous fees.)
• Thuế (n): Tax. (The main tax to which a 'phụ thu' may be added.)

Synonyms

• Khoản thu thêm: Additional levy.
• Tiền thu thêm: Extra charge.

Related Phrases

• Phụ thu phòng đơn: Single room supplement/surcharge.
  • Nếu đi một mình, bạn phải trả phụ thu phòng đơn. (If traveling alone, you must pay a single room supplement.)

Related Idioms

(This term is technical/financial and does not commonly appear in idiomatic expressions.)

1. Additionally levied
   • Thuế phụ thu
     An additonally levied tax, a surtax